FORT PIERCE–Portable toilets and septic services at a popular North Hutchinson Island waterfront restaurant/bar will soon be a thing of the past following a Fort Pierce City Commission bid award Monday night.
R.K. Contractors, of Fort Pierce, will be paid $390,648 to send Jim’s effluent discharge to the St. Lucie County Utilities sewer system located at the Stan Blum Memorial Boat Launch.
While several city commissioners said they were hesitant to spend federal funds to benefit private commercial enterprise, they acknowledged the city’s obligation to protect public waterways from potential leaks from the city-owned property…